title: Co-occurring eating and psychiatric symptoms in Taiwanese college students: effects of gender and parental factors.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To test whether gender and parental factors moderate the relationships between symptoms of eating disorder (ED) and other psychiatric symptoms.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 5,015 new entrants completed several questionnaires and 541 individuals with ED symptoms were identified by the Adult Self-Report Inventory-4 that assessed a wide range of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fourth Edition psychopathology. The participants also reported on their parents' attitude toward them before their ages of 16.
  
  
  RESULTS
  ED symptoms, female gender, less parental care, and more parental protection were associated with more severe co-occurring psychiatric symptoms. Gender and parental factors also demonstrated differential moderating effects on the relationships between ED and co-occurring psychiatric symptoms.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Parenting counseling may be individualized to young adults with ED symptoms and different co-occurring psychiatric symptoms.
authors.affiliation: National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Mei-Chih Meg
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Tseng
authors.forename: Susan Shur-Fen
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Gau
authors.forename: Wan-Ling
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Tseng
authors.forename: Hai-Gwo
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Hwu
authors.forename: Ming-Been
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015897:Comorbidity; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005195:Family Relations; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: co-occurring psychiatric symptoms; college students; eating symptoms; parenting style